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Simple Past - English grammar
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Simple past rules, examples
The Simple past describes a completed action in a time before now and things that
happen one after another in the past.
1. Examples: Simple Past
First Bob read a book, then he went to bed yesterday night.
Last week I came to a church and then I took the road right.
2. Actions at a specific time
Simple Past: Actions that happened at a specific time in the past.
3. Examples simple past tense:
I got a present yesterday. I had in great time in America last year.
4. Simple past regular verbs
Add -ed to the regular verb. look - looked, watch - watched,
Some verbs you need to change a bit.
Verb ending in...
Add ...
Example
-e
only add - d
live - lived
date - dated
Consonant +y
Change y to i an add -ed
carry - carried
cry - cried
1 vowel + 1 consonant
Double consonant and
add -ed
stop - stopped
5. Simple Past regular verbs ¨C examples
Add -ed to the regular verb.
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Simple Past - English grammar
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cook - cooked, play - played, wash - washed
-e at the end of the verb: only add -d.
love - loved, live - lived, close - closed, live ¨C lived
6. Simple past irregular (not regular) verbs
Some verbs are not regular. You have to learn them by heart.
Example: Simple Past tense - irregular verbs:
begin - began
break - broke
come - came
drink - drank
fall - fell
forget - forgot
get - got
speak - spoke
7. To be - Simple past
Example: Simple Past tense - irregular verbs: to be
Simple present
I am
you are
he/she/it is
we are
you are
they are
Simple past
I was
you were
he/she/it was
we were
you were
they were
8. Simple past signal words
Use the simple past when you say when something happened. See the following
signal words:
frequency: often, sometimes, always
We sometimes had no school.
a definite point in time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
They were in London last week.
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Simple Past - English grammar
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an indefinite point in time: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago
He learned English when he was young.
More simple past signal words: ago, in 2011, in 1999, ... last month, last week, last
year, yesterday.
Examples: Simple Past signal words
I ate oranges last year.
We went to school eyery day in 1999.
He took his dog for a walk a month ago.
9. Simple past - questions
To form a question: 'did' + subject + infinitive.
Examples: questions Simple Past
I ate oranges in 2011. Did I eat oranges in 2011?
We went to school last week. Did we go to school last week?
He took his dog for a walk last week. Did he take his dog for a walk last week?
10. Questions with was/were
Sentences with 'to be' (was/were). Questions with was/were -Simple Past.
She was in London.
They were at the station.
Was she in London?
Were they at the station?
11. Simple past negative
Negative sentences Simple Past: examples
I knew Covent Garden?
We went to school eyery day.
He took his dog for a walk.
I didn't know Covent Garden.
We didn't go to school every day.
He didn't take his dog for a walk.
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